Category: archives

  • Princeton Temperature Record – May, 2003

    By: Tom Lederer The Princeton Temperature Record is based on readings from a Nimbus Ultra digital thermometer with an accuracy of 0.2 degrees F. Readings, taken in Princeton Township near the Princeton Shopping Center, are rounded to the nearest degree. DATE HIGH LOW May 31, 2003 XX XX May 30, 2003 XX XX May 29,…

  • Record relay highlights CJ II meet

    Monroe girls 4×400 earsn silver while four individuals advance By: Carolyn M. Hartko Carolyn M. HartkoSports Writer    The spring season for high school sports is winding down, and most teams have closed the record books. But the best of the track and field athletes across New Jersey are still going, working their way through the…

  • Town gearing up for another wild weekend

    PACKET EDITORIAL, May 30 By: Packet Editorial    The population of Princeton Borough will double this weekend — and the people responsible for this phenomenon will look to the uninitiated like a pack of escapees from the loony bin.    Some will even be wearing stripes.    They’ll be decked out in orange and black hats and orange…

  • New high school opening in Hightstown

    An Allentown resident will open a private high school on Main Street in the borough this fall. By: Scott Morgan    HIGHTSTOWN — In the glinting, chrome-heavy lab room, Arthur Poulos crumples his 6½-foot frame over the small glass-and-metal box he called an analytical balance to demonstrate how it measures weights to within 10-thousandths of a…

  • Delay can’t stop MHS baseball

    Cougars will play for SCT title By: Bob Nuse    By this point, the Montgomery High baseball team is ready for anything the weatherman throws its way.    After a seven-day layoff, the Cougars finally got to play a Central Jersey Group II tournament game on Tuesday, posting a 1-0 win over Rumson-Fair Haven. With that win,…

  • Douthett named top prep student/athlete in state

    Senior was part of three championships this year for the Falcons. By: Neil Hay    For Whitney Douthett, it was never about awards, trophies and plaques.    For Douthett, it was always about playing the games, having fun, making friends, being a teammate and leader, and, yes, winning championships.    So when she was presented by the NJISAA…

  • Caregiver stress, Part Two: respite time

    HEALTH MATTERS By: Catherine Kelly    Forty years ago, a presidential proclamation designated May as Older Americans Month. Every president since John Fitzgerald Kennedy has continued the tradition.    According to the latest U.S. Census, 35.3 million Americans are age 65 and over, representing 12 percent of the total population. As the "baby boom" generation ages, more…

  • Patriot Act concerns are aired

    Two forums held at Princeton Public Library. By: Jennifer Potash    A federal law passed in the days following Sept. 11 granting additional surveillance and investigative powers to law enforcement agencies raises serious civil-liberty concerns, according to speakers at a pair of recent forums.    The Patriot Act was the subject of two meetings at the Princeton…

  • Banding Together

    The Eastern Wind Symphony has garnered a stellar reputation internationally and may be better known overseas than in its own backyard. By: Susan Van Dongen    For musicians who don’t pursue a career in the field, life after college or graduate school can be hauntingly silent.    This seems to be especially true for band or wind…